Mirror and lighting means therefor



N. AND M. SLOANE. MIRROR AND LIGHTING MEANS THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, I921.

Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

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Application aiea ne emte 2a; 1921: swarm. aie ve a To all whomfz't may concema- Be it known that we; NATHAN. SLOANE and MAX SnoANE, citizens of Russia, and residents of: the city. of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in: the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mirror and Lighting Means Therefor, of which the following is a description.

Our invention is-intended more particularly for use in association with a small hand mirror of thetype carried in vanity bags and has for its general-object to provide a' new assemblage involving few and simple parts whereby to provide for the electrical illumination of the mirror.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction promoting convenience in assemblage and in the renewal of the battery.

The nature of the invention and its distinctive features and characteristics will ing drawings forming a part of this speci-' fication, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrativeof one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a front view of a mirror and lighting means embodyin our invention,

Figure 2 is a back view t ereof;

Figure 3 is a front view with the mirror and its clamping ring removed;

' Figure 4 is a vertical section in a plane indicated by the line 4-4, Figure-3, but showing the mirror and its clamping ring in osition;

igure 5'is a detail in vertical section in a plane indicated by the line 5-5, Figure 4*; v -I Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective view showing a portion of the clamp ring;

Figure 7 is a fragmentar horizontal section through the bodvan ring, the view being given to show the means for holding the clamp ring in position.

In carrying out our invention in accordance with the illustrated example a boxlike shell or body 10 is provided, and a separate clamp ring 11 fitting the front thereof. A mirror 12 and a back 13 of suitable material for said mirror are held to said clamp ring by beadin over the upper edge 11 of said clamp ri ng and by bendin tongues 14 laterally inward from materia of said ring, behind theback 13. The clamp ring. 111 extends below' the tongues 14 and the arrangement is such-that said clamp ring i fits outsidepof the-edge-of the shell 10-while said edge abuts: against the tongues 14&

- We provide coaoting means on the ring 11 and on the bod 10 for holding the ring in position, there eing shown for the purpose in the illustrated example protuberances 15 at as interior of the ring 10 and bayonet slots 16 stamped inward in the material of the shell 10 and adapted to receive said protuberances 15.

a clamp bar 17 having curved resilient clamps 18 adjacent to the ends thereof between which a battery 19 may be snapped.

Said battery has one pole .20 in the form of a resilient contact element adapted to receive the contact of the plug of the lamp 21 which screws into a threaded internal boss 22 stamped up from the 'material of the body 10 at a side of the latter. The second pole 23 of the battery is in the form of a contact element at a side of the battery adapted to be engaged by a flexible contact'24 on the body 10 at the interior. As

Rigid with the body 10 atthe interior is sociated with the contact 24 is a pushbutton attached to said ring is a abric strip or tape 28 for convenience in handling the mirror and also useful for pinning the mirror, when desired, to a vanity bag at the interior.

We would state in conclusion that while the illustrated example constitutes a prac-' tical embodiment of our invention, we do nbt limit ourselves strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, the same can be. considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

1. In a mirror and lighting means'therefor, a shell constituting a battery casing, a pair ofclamps secured to the shell for holding a battery therein, a lamp on the shell and projecting to the exterior of the latter.

the shell at the 'ront and detachably engaging by its rear edge the shell at the open front of the latter, a mirror within said ring, and means on the ring ermanently holding the mirror independently of the engagement of the clamp ring with said shell.

2. In a mirror and lighting means therefor, a shell constitutin a battery casing, means in the shell to detachably hold the battery said shell being open at the front, an electric lamp on the shell at a side there- Leeenae Y of in circuit with the battery, a. circuit maker and breaker operable from the exterior of the shell, a clamp ring on the shell,

the rear portion of said rin fitting the shell to'permit detachment 0 the ring, a mirror Within saidlring, and tongues bent laterally inward on the ring at the back of said mirror, said tongues being positioned forward of the rear edge of the ring, the

front edge of the ring being headed over the front of the mirror.

NATHAN snoann MAX SLOANE. 

